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Ping is a computer network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... For other uses, see Ping (disambiguation). ...

Ping may also refer to:

Technology

• Ping blog, used for blogs, RSS, and related web services
• Ping, a pulse of sound in active sonar
• Ping, the official pronunciation of PNG (Portable Network Graphics), a lossless bitmap image format
• Ping (video games), the network latency seen between a game player's computer and the game server (or another player)
• PING Backup Software, a live linux distribution used to backup and restore Hard Drive partitions.

Many blog authoring tools automatically ping one or more servers each time the blogger creates a new post (or updates an old one. ... This article is about underwater sound propagation. ... PNG may stand for: Persona non grata, literally meaning an unwelcome person, is a term used in diplomacy with a specialised and legally defined meaning. ... Players of multiplayer online video games often use the term ping to refer to the network latency seen between their computer and the game server (or another player). ... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...

Fictional characters

• Ping, the title character in the children's book The Story about Ping, by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese
• Ping, a minor character in Seinfeld
• Ping, a character in the webcomic Megatokyo
• Ping, the character Fa Mulan takes on in the animated film Mulan
• Ping the Elastic Man, a comic strip character who first appeared in 1938

Marjorie Flack (22 October 1897 - ? 1958) was an artist and writer of childrens picture books. ... It has been suggested that Babs Kramer be merged into this article or section. ... In Megatokyo, the popular webcomic by Fred Gallagher, Japanese names are written in Japanese order, with the family name before the given name. ... This article is about the film Mulan. For the legendary person, see Hua Mulan. ... Ping the Elastic Man was a fictional character who had his own comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. ...

Slang

• Ping, an undesirable noise caused by improper timing or other issues with internal combustion engines, see engine knocking
• Ping, the noise an M1 Garand makes when it ejects an en-bloc clip
• Ping, to attempt to initiate a conversation, typically via instant messaging or by other means.
• Ping, a slang term in sports for getting penalised in rugby or caught by the umpire and paid a free-kick in Australian rules football
• Ping, a move in trading card games, especially in Magic, the Gathering, in which a spell or creature hits an opponent or opposing creature for one damage point. Refered to as pinging.

Knocking (also called pinking or pinging)— colloquially detonation—in internal combustion engines occurs when air/fuel mixture in the cylinder detonates or ignites prior to the timed pre-set conditions in the engines cylinder(s). ... The M1 Garand (more formally the United States Rifle, Caliber . ... Instant messaging (IM) is a form of real-time communication between two or more people based on typed text. ... In rugby football, the penalty is the main disciplinary sanction available to the referee to penalise players who commit deliberate infringements. ... A free kick in Australian rules football is a penalty awarded by a field umpire to a player who has been infringed. ...

Other uses

• Ping, a traditional Chinese unit of area equal to about 3.305 square meters, roughly 36 square feet. Its use is limited to real estate in Taiwan, Japan and Korea.
• Ping, an ability in the trading card game Magic: The Gathering
• Ping River, a river in Thailand
• Ping (golf), a brand of golf club
• Guan Ping, the famous son of Guan Yu

The Chinese units (Chinese: 市制; Hanyu Pinyin: ; literally market system) are the customary and traditional units of measure used in China. ... Magic: The Gathering (colloq. ... Ping River at Tak. ... PING is a brand of golf equipment, based in Phoenix, Arizona. ... Guan Ping (關平, ? – 219) was the first son of the 3rd century Chinese military general Guan Yu and elder brother of Guan Xing. ...

See also

• Pinghua

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